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Amanda Garcia
Put even a small dollop of sour cream on Amanda Garcia’s plate, and she won’t eat anything on it. Read story.
James Malia
Santa Barbara artist James Malia loves making a living by making people smile with his art. Read story.
Macduff Everton and Mary Heebner
In November 2010, photographer Macduff Everton and artist Mary Heebner published The Book of Santa Barbara, an ode in pictures and words to our fair city. Read story.
Leigh Legler
Leigh Legler, The Santa Barbara Independent's new listings editor, comes to us from just across State Street, where she and her husband, Kurt Legler, operate Warbler Records & Goods—the product of a collective, lifelong dream…and a couple of very extensive record collections. Read story.
Shannon Kelley
Three years ago, Santa Barbara Independent writer/Peepster Shannon Kelley left the building to pursue other ventures. Read story.
Paul Wellman
It’s been more than a decade since our big-shot photographer Paul Wellman started snapping pics of our region’s newsmakers, which means that the Santa Barbara native — who grew up for a time on the East Coast, returned to finish high school, and then worked for many years at Morninglory Music — has probably seen more of the good and bad sides of town than anyone. Read story.
Megan Packard Hillegas and Brandi Rivera
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but most people agree that a gaudy red and/or green knitted garment with an abstract of Santa throw-up covering every inch is, indeed, unattractive — except for possibly grandmas, who are often inexplicably the givers of such “gifts.” Read story.
Sarah Wilkinson and Karis Van Noord
When Santa Barbara Independent Associate Production Manager Sarah Wilkinson isn’t in the office creating eye-catching adverts for clients, she spends her time manipulating the Kelsey Excelsior tabletop press she uses to make hand-crafted cards. Read story.
Robby Robbins
“The Revels slogan is ‘Join us and be joyous,’ so that’s what I did,” said The Indy’s Robby Robbins, when Revels founder Susan Keller asked him to join the ensemble. Read story.
Jean and Mars
Jean Yamamura, a Santa Barbara Independent copy editor of about a decade and counting, and Marz Miller, an Independent intern, have known each other for 17 years, give or take nine months, the sort of acquaintance that gives them the ability to end each other's sentences, if only to kill each other's jokes. Read story.
Erin Packard
You're looking at a classroom of young students in Dali, China, where Santa Barbara native Erin Packard has been living for two years with her boyfriend to teach these kids English. Read story.
Anna Jensen and Ethan Stewart
Last Friday, on 11/11/11, longtime Santa Barbara Independent news reporter Ethan Stewart took the hand of architect Anna Jensen in marriage on the shores of El Capitán State Beach, with ceremonial orange flags, requisite “Huzzah!” placards, and Danger Dog on ring delivery. Read story.
Darian Bleecher
A few years ago, we assigned contributor Darian Bleecher an article about the childbirth options in Santa Barbara, and the experience convinced the longtime writer/editor — who's the author of this week's cover story on the recently opened S.B. Birth Center — to become a doula herself. Read story.
Santa Barbara Bands Issue
The Santa Barbara Independent’s Aly Comingore (second from left) was baptized by fire as our music editor in 2007, jumping into the job just a couple months before our inaugural Santa Barbara Bands issue. Read story.
Alex Luhrman
While social-media–fueled protests were kneecapping autocratic regimes across the Middle East and North Africa this past spring, Alex Luhrman was right here in Santa Barbara keeping the lines of communication open. Read story.
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